Egypt submarine reside updates: Six feared useless as embassy says all passengers Russian

Sally Nabil
Reporting from Cairo

It’s
the second incident within the Purple Sea in round six months.

Final November,
a ship named Sea Story carrying greater than 40 individuals additionally sank close to the
Egyptian resort of Marsa Allam, with 11 individuals unaccounted, or presumed useless.

Right now, six persons are feared to have died, with others injured, after a submarine sank in Hurghada, one other well-known vacationer
resort.

Causes behind this newest tragedy are usually not clear but. However the frequency
of such incidents increase huge questions on security measures employed by native
authorities, in such widespread vacationer sea tour areas, and whether or not or not correct security checks are being carried out.

Again in November, Egyptian officers
have been speaking about tough climate situations inflicting the Sea Story to sink.

However
the BBC spoke to survivors, who forged doubt on the declare.

It is a fairly heat, sunny day in Egypt now. We do not know but what the authorities will say triggered the incident in Hurghada.